ANA reports that at least 18 employees have been suspended for misconduct at the workplace by the Gauteng Department of Health since July.  

“Six of them were charged for participating in an illegal strike, the remaining twelve were charged with falsification of records, disregarding safety rules, gross negligence fraud and corruption,” the department indicated on Wednesday.  Positions of the suspended staff ranged from a laundry worker to director.  Criminal charges were laid against three of the suspended employees.

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